There is a hum in the hollow of my footstep
I have not silenced
with my stomping and clomping
serendipitously along with my eyes
on unhalted horizon.
My legs have never left the ground
as I plodded, surely, along
until they ached for flight.
My guts have ground good grain,
soured on sowbelly stippled
with hapless hormones
and I forgot how to graze
on good things that took
patience to prepare.
My heart hammers at the thoughts
of how hard it is down here on earth
but does not swell simply
in the intensity of gratitude
it was endowed to emit.
My throat squeezes
on authentic audibles;
I have swallowed such great lumps
of lustiest liturgies
that truth is tasteless.
Air has been whispering to me
for eons, in my stopped ears
while I listened for ca-ching
and chagrin of loose-flapping fury
and flurry of festoons and feasts.
Oh, let me stop in my tracks,
make me fall to the ground,
cause me to spew out impurities,
halt my heart a beat so I notice it,
open my mouth and loosen my voice,
let me sing the tune that the sky knows.
Author notes
link to song: http://www.hymnscript.com/g-wgt01.html
In a list
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A contest entry
- We Gather Together Thanksgiving Contest by Star Shine.
800 points, ended November 28, 2008, 12 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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Excellent ...
and since your cheering section has covered everything I might think of to say, that will have to do.
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ah, ty pen friend. I do appreciate you.
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So many things grabbed me and hung on from the first line. The first line itself is stellar. Also, Serendipity is a word I use so often, making reading this an actual serendipitous experience for me. This truly inspires the mind to meditate and pray and give thanks, to ask for guidance, to pause. Wonderful, thank you.
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ty again starshine. I struggle with soul and its authenticity every day....as Thoreau47 said to me earlier, and I sumamrize...I am on the road and the road was there.....
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I've always found in your voice the essence of emotional maturity, and so wonderful to read you hear again. Wonderful depth here, and so beautifully written.
~ Nicolette
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ty so much, it is good to see your voice again. *smile*
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ba-dah-boom
the heart skips a beat
as winds of change
echo an aortal song
alas the blood flows again
in raucous harmonies
to a soft step march on earth
welcome back to the center
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ty crowheart. It means much.
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I am so happy to read your wonderful words once again
and very grateful you have returned to us
good luck in the contest
applause
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ah, yes, it is inevitable.
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thats just wonderful...your makes mine sound soooo weak! lol i would love you to comment some of mine youve got talent maybe you could levae some helpfull advice lol wonderful write, keep writing, and best of luck!
- chelsey
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If you check my last contest notes, you will see...I need to keep my ehart from stopping over a friend's daughter near Mumbai. I will come and visit, and if I get distracted, please remind me.
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okay
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Your words are a precious healing balm to our needy souls, my dear Friend. How wonderful it is to read you again. You have been missed, Scribe. 
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as I have missed being here.
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The hum caught my attention right away for it reminded me of sensations on cliff edge and when mountains have filled my horizon and when in the vast plains and forever sits on its doorstep and looks into your heart.
Then, I followed the journey in the poem and felt I was hearing the song of a spirit that had not forgotten its birthplace and couldn't yet accept its lessons or the school it found itself in. We are, but the remanants of a shattered forever.
Love,
Tom B.
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ah, wow, what a statement..." remanants of a shattered forever...." Write that poem.
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Thanks, the poems show up as my fingers bleed words from handling the edges of my own shard.
Love, Tom B.
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Oh this surely sings with your voice and pen and i have missed hearing it, so nice to see you back again. Hope you are well? Love, Chez
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Soem chaos jsut now with friend's daughter, I grew up with and then they grew up with me as auntie, is close to Mumbai....we are waiting to hear that she has been gotten to safety.
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